TY - JOUR AU - Clyne, Barbara AU - Cooper, Janine A. AU - Hughes, Carmel M. AU - Fahey, Tom AU - Smith, Susan M. AU - on behalf of the OPTI-SCRIPT study team PY - 2016 DA - 2016/08/11 TI - ‘Potentially inappropriate or specifically appropriate?’ Qualitative evaluation of general practitioners views on prescribing, polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 109 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is common in older people in primary care, as evidenced by a significant body of quantitative research. However, relatively few qualitative studies have investigated the phenomenon of PIP and its underlying processes from the perspective of general practitioners (GPs). The aim of this paper is to explore qualitatively, GP perspectives regarding prescribing and PIP in older primary care patients. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0507-y DO - 10.1186/s12875-016-0507-y ID - Clyne2016 ER -